Physicians often prescribe vasopressors to correct pathological vasodilation and improve
tissue perfusion in patients with septic shock, but the evidence to inform practice on …

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has become a critical diagnostic and
perioperative management tool for patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) undergoing …

Background Fulminant (life-threatening) COVID-19 can be associated with acute respiratory
failure (ARF), multi-system organ failure and cytokine release syndrome (CRS). We present …

Volume expansion is a mainstay of therapy in septic shock, although its effect is difficult to
predict using conventional measurements. Dynamic parameters, which vary with respiratory …

Background: the role of echocardiography in septic shock remains controversial, since
depressed cardiac afterload may overestimate left ventricular (LV) systolic performance and …

Introduction Hemodynamic management in intensive care patients guided by blood
pressure and flow measurements often do not sufficiently reveal common hemodynamic …

There has been a recent explosion of education and training in echocardiography in the
specialties of anesthesiology and critical care. These devices, by their impact on clinical …

Background: Post-arrest hypotension is common after out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)
and many patients resuscitated after OHCA will require vasopressors. We sought to …

Abstract The EchoNotes Structured Database derived from MIMIC-III (ECHO-NOTE2NUM) is
a structured echocardiogram database derived from 43,472 observational notes obtained …

Part 2: Goal Directed Resuscitation–Which Goals? Perfusion Targets will follow in the next
issue. Abstract The use of appropriate resuscitation targets or end‐points may facilitate early …